©NationalInstruments Corporation ix PXI-1006User Manual
About This Manual
ThePXI-1006 User Manual describes the features ofthe PXI-1006 chassis
and contains information about configuring the chassis, installing the
modules, and operating and using the PXI-1006.

Conventions Used in This Manual

The followingconventions appear in this manual:
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This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoidinjury, data loss, or a system crash.
This icon denotes a warning,which advises you of precautions to take to
avoidbeing electrically shocked.
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such asm enu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes
parameter names.
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toa key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
orvalue that you must supply.
monospace Textin this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard,sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
Thisfont is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs,subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables,filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.

Related Documentation

Thefollowing documents contain information thatyou may find helpful as
you read this manual:
• Compact PCI Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0
• PXI Specification Revision 2.0
•IEEE1 101.1-1991, IEEE Standard for Mechanical Core
Specifications for Microcomputers Using IEC 603-2 Connectors